Security
Cybercrime getting more sophisticated
Cybercrime is fast maturing as a profession, with criminals using new techniques to bring their malware to market, and [Read More]
WikiLeaks and the Afghan War
On Sunday, The New York Times and two other newspapers published summaries and excerpts of tens of thousands of [Read More]
The Lifeboat
Part 4: The Figurehead
To protect against bad weather and storms a figurehead was often placed on the bow of a ship. It was believed that a ship couldn’t sink as long as the figurehead remained attached. Another old sailor superstition was that during a fierce storm, if a woman bared her breasts, the storm would abate. This is [Read More]
Part 3: The Deck
Once the grinding was complete I needed to get the deck constructed. In consideration of my original design goal to have a sense of space I decided to make the deck a single level, with a small section behind the wheel raised about 30cm for better [Read More]
Part 2: The Building Begins
The first step was to rip out all the old wood, fittings and fixtures to leave just the fiberglass hull. Then down to the hardware store for a new angle grinder. I wanted an open boat with lots of room for lounging around, so I decided to cut out [Read More]
Part 1: Buying the boat
I picked up an old lifeboat on eBay…where else !! It was built by Viking Marine Co Ltd in Southampton, England on the 29th September, 1965, (boat number 654258GS). The boat was in the water at an old miners recreational allotment about 80 [Read More]
White Papers
International Economic Security
The increasing trend towards a global economy is rapidly reordering the hierarchy of wealth and power among nations and introducing a sense of uncertainty and volatility. This new paradigm of economic globalisation requires nation states to question what type of economic interests they want to secure internationally, what methods to employ to protect their [Read More]